[Hallicrafters] SX-110 capacitors

[John Brooks]

DBF,

Good warnings!  You bring up some additional issues
beyond the bulb thing and I'd like to hear more.

I always suspect old electrolytics, and will keep a
close eye on them until I can find suitable
replacements.  For now, the voltages are all what they
should be and power draw is 65 watts (spec is 75
watts) so I'd say the power supply is healthy.  Your
comment did not specify electrolytic, though.  Are
there other types of caps in these old sets that are
suspect?  Are there certain brands that have proven
over time to have reliability problems?  What
specifically have you had problems with in terms of
capacitors and resistors?

Thanks for the comments,
John


--- "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <dfischer at usol.com> wrote:
> John, 	
> 	
> Warning! Do NOT clean the dial or glass with water,
> or anything else, as it will
> remove the lettering!	
> 	
> Those capacitors are veryold John, you need to
> replace all of them just the
> same. You can almost bet that some resistors are out
> of tolerance also, check
> them and replace as necessary.	
> 	
> If you do not, this set will manfunction and damage
> will result that can be
> avoided.  	
> 	
> I have one here, so I know.	
> 	
> DBF
>  
> 
> ----------
> From: John Brooks <jbbrooks2000 at yahoo.com>
> To: hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Hallicrafters] SX-110
> Date: Saturday, September 20, 2003 7:26 AM
> 
> Hello Folks!
> 
> I'm new to this list.  I am excited!  Last week I
> found an SX-110 at a church rummage sale.  This is
> the
> best vintage radio I have had the good fortune to
> find
> in this way.  It appears to be totally original and
> came with the speaker, manual, and Trimm headphones.
> 
> I brought it up on a variac extra slowly over about
> 2
> days, and spent about a week cleaning out the
> accumulated grime of 40+ years, inside and out. 
> Most
> of it came off with just a damp cloth.  It cleaned
> up
> beautifully.  I cleaned out the pots and switches
> also.
> 
> It seems to work fine and gets lots of stations on
> the
> long wire that also came with it, so it looks like
> my
> efforts are rewarded.  This radio is a fine piece of
> US craftsmanship.
> 
> I have a stupid question.  In the process of
> cleanup,
> I unclipped the illuminating lamp holder for the
> S-meter and cannot figure out exactly where it goes
> back.  All of the pictures I have seen on the web
> show
> a view that hides this lamp so do not help.  Can
> anyone describe where this clips on for me?  Or send
> me a digital photo taken from the meter end?  As I
> have it clipped now the meter is not illuminated
> very
> well.  Maybe this is normal.  Thanks much for your
> help!
> 
> John
> KG4JZT
> 
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